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Ok. I'll admit it. I was lured into Best Buy this weekend by an ad I saw. It wasn't the online ad here that keeps trying to sell AOL; it was instead an ad in my paper listing a Toshiba Celeron laptop for only $750 after those infernal rebates.
I don't need a lot out of a laptop. In reality, I don't push my computers - any of them - to the limit. All I do is type and surf the web. A cheap box will do that just as well as anything else. Take away my geek card if you wish, but I don't have a need to continually replace my gear with the latest and greatest.
I went in and found what I was looking for. A sales guy came up and I told him that I needed one. He gave me a sheet to fill out with my name and phone number and address. He tried to sell me AOL, 'The Best Buy Reward Zone,' and a 'Protection Plan' that would 'get the latest and greatest laptop in six months'. I declined all of the above and he went off in search of someone with keys to come and get the laptop for me. That took 30 minutes. Once a guy finally was able to scale the ladder to the locked cage on the far wall, he retrieved my chosen laptop.
He then had me fill out another copy of the same form I'd filled out earlier. To make me feel better, the block I had to complete was labeled STAR. He tried to sell me AOL, 'The Best Buy Reward Zone,' and a 'Protection Plan.' He then took my laptop behind the returns desk and told me to wait in the line for the guy to ring me up. I grabbed a wireless card and a neat 'access point finder' key chain fob that had three lights and circuitry inside to detect unsecured wireless networks.
It took another thirty minutes for me to finally reach the counter. The lady in front of me bought four Sony desktop systems (with included flat panel, etc) and they managed to sell her some sort of 'cleaning' service for all of them. From what I gathered, she paid them to defrag the drives, install an antivirus package (that probably was already on the new computers), and cleaning the cases with compressed air to 'remove any dirt or junk from inside.' It added over $200 to her total, but I said nothing.
By this time, I'd been standing for an hour and was ready to go. I gave the guy my Best Buy card. After I declined AOL, 'The Best Buy Reward Zone,' and a 'Protection Plan,' I and got my eighteen miles of receipts for the rebates. To make sure I didn't lose them, I tucked them in the back pocket of my wallet. This becomes important. It is also of note that I had a growing urge to pee.
Once I was checked out, I started for the door. There was YET ANOTHER LONG LINE of people waiting to have their purchases searched by the goon at the door. I don't tolerate crap like that. I purchased the laptop and accessories, everything was in bags, and I started directly for the door.
'Sir, I need to see your receipt,' I heard from behind me. I said 'No, thank you,' and kept walking. I didn't want to stand in line anymore, and just knew he'd notice I didn't sign up for a protection plan and try his hard-sell skills on me. I wasn't in the mood.
As son as I was out the door, I heard him pushing through the crowd. He kept yelling 'Sir! Sir!' I continued walking to my car. I'd paid for my merchandise, taking care of inventory procedures they should have done when I checked out is not my problem. I continued walking.
When I got to my car, he was on me. He cornered me between my door and the car next to me and told me that I had to come back into the store so he could see my receipt. I asked him why he was following me and he told me again that he had to see my receipt. I said he wasn't going to see it and tried to get in my car. He moved so close that I couldn't even get into the door. I was now trapped. Another BB employee came out the door and started coming toward us.
He told me that if I didn't let him see my receipt, he would get my license plate, call the cops, and report me for shoplifting. I told him once again that I had paid for my purchases and that I didn't care to show him my stuff. The other employee had almost reached my car by this point and he said he was not going to let me leave. He said if I had a problem with that, I should come speak to his manager. I locked my car and started to push him out of my way to go back toward the store. He said, 'No, you need to get that stuff and bring it back into the store.'
We went back into the store. Once inside, I was greeted by a couple of friends from school who wanted to ask me about buying a computer. I told them I was busy; the door guy had called for the manager.
The manager came back and demanded that I show the receipt. We continued on a bit longer about that and I then decided I didn't really want to buy from these folks after all. After being accused of stealing, I didn't feel like complying. They said I couldn't leave until I did show it to them, so I walked over to the returns line. I told them that I'd get my money back and be on my way.
The manager had the door guy stand in sight of me and then went into the back office. Few minutes later, he came back holding copies of my receipt. He told me I could go if I wanted. I told him I was no longer his customer after being treated like that and continued standing in the line.
Just before I reached the desk (15-20 minutes later, with the guy still watching me) a girl in a blue sweatshirt came up to me and asked me if I was the 'upset customer.' I told her I was an angry former customer and she told me she'd handle the return if I wanted to stop waiting in line. She took me back to the register I'd gone to the first time to 'cancel' the transaction.
She did so quickly, and without much comment. I asked for a copy of my receipt and she gave me the printout the manager made earlier. About this time, the original sales guy came by and asked, 'you still here?' I proceeded to tell him loudly about my adventures in being accused of theft. Several other shoppers in line looked and listened, put their stuff down, and left.
Once I got outside, I called and closed my BB card account. I then called corporate and talked to them. The corporate guy told me that he was sorry someone got a bit overzealous at the door and assured me everything would be looked into on Monday. He asked for permission to call me tomorrow, and asked what time would be best.
So that effectively seals the deal for on shopping at BB. Which kind of sucks, I was excited about my new laptop. I gave them another chance after they fed me that ad, and they treated me like a thief. Sure, I could have shown them my receipt, but I didn't feel like it, nor was I required to. Instead of being rational about everything, they decided to pin me next to my car and threaten me with arrest.
Best Buy sucks.
Not to minimize what happened to you, but it's pretty much standard practice for them to want to look at the receipt to make sure you're not stealing. Otherwise people could happily cart out thousands of dollars of merchandise without a receipt.
Don't you think you might have overreacted slightly?
Have you never bought a big ticket item at Best Buy before ? It's standard practice when you by something that costs over like 100 bucks.
Or let me say .. when you're walking out of the store with something that costs over 100 bucks.
Quit being such a drama queen.
I saw no reason to be further slowed after making my purchase. I didn't want them to try and sell me something at the door.
Sure, I could have very easily stopped to show the guy my receipt and would have done so without a problem had the guy been nice about it, but he decided to try his best "bouncer" impression and pinned me against my car. That pretty much ended the goodwill I felt toward their inventory system.
To stop someone for shoplifting, they need to:
1) have seen someone approach, take, and conceal the merchandise
2) observe the shoplifter continuously
3) verify that they fail to pay for it
4) apprehend the shoplifter outside the store.
The guy, standing at a door fifteen people deep couldn't have done that. His accusation that I was shoplifting was not based on anything other than me walking out without following his orders. When I purchased the products they became mine. He has no greater right to my property than anyone else, and if he'd have been nice, he would have been given the opportunity to look at my receipt.
I have bought plenty of big-ticket items at places with door nazi. Never before ahve they had a problem when I politely refused to honor their requests for me to present my reciept and my merchandise. There was no reason to stop me. I didn't even set off the freaking alarm!
[This message was edited by dotorg on December 07, 2003 at 19:30.]
Yes, lets all stand up for the "security" person on power trip, any one walking out of best buy with a large ticket items MUST have stolen it.
Yes let's make excuses for these people stoping this customer from enetering his car... Too basd this is all happend on private property where personal rights get thrown out in the name of corperate power.
Shopping on the weekends is always nuts.
I always try to go to the store on a Mon. or Tues. or something.
Low wage guys only get paid not enough to eat -really, yet they do make a HUGE contribution to our society though.
It's hard to be polite when you have to pee though.
The problem is...
ALL you had to do was wait in line, like everybody else, and show your fucking receipt.
That's The Deal at Best Buy. You knew this. Yes, it's rather annoying, but they DO have a right to ask for it.
As far as following you out to your car and everything...well, that was rather dumb. But you were dumber for letting it get that far.
So, in summary, fucking relax. If Best Buy asking for your receipt is enough to ruin your day, then you have it good. Stop pretending you don't.
Just show your receipt and don't make it a Big Fucking Deal.
You also seem to be missing the fact Best Buy alleady made him wait at least an hour, just to check out and get his merchandise. So being a little anyoned at waiting in another line just to get out of the store is understandbaled.
Most if this is due to Best Buy(and many other reatiler's) fucked up sales method, where they don't really want you to buy some of their merchandise. They pruposesly make it a longer painful ordeal. Of course, you can't just pick up the laptop goto the check out and leave the store, no that would be to easy, and you'd miss many high pressure sales opertunites. Of course just threating not to buy, or taking your business else where isn't a threat to them becuase they really didn't want the sale in the first place.
I have been working at Best Buy for almost six months now so let me break it down for you.
1.) Yes, alot of the stuff the sales people try to sell you is crap you don't really need, but not all of it. Anybody buying any big ticket items is an idiot for not getting the BBY Reward Zone. You pay ten dollars for a year and you accumulate points when you spend money. Going off the list price for that laptop on the .com site (not sure if price was same in store) you would have payed $10 at the counter and got $40 in gift certificates in the mail in 3-4 weeks that were good on anything in store. Then for a year after that you would have gotten another $5 for every $125 you spent.
2.) I don't work Loss Prevention (guys at the front door), but I know enough about it to know that A: they do not try to sell you anything and B: Big tickets items are checked out for a good reason. You would be suprised at the number of TVs/Computers etc. that "grow legs" and walk out the door. Also I can remember a few times in just the past month when our LP guy caught a mistake on the receipt that ended up saving the customer a few hundred dollars. Mainly these were issues with ambigious boxes and the customer got the wrong one (the big ticket items are not always scanned by upc but the number is entered in manually).
Now don't get me wrong, I am in no way defending his actions outside the store (he could have handled it much better), but from the other side you were rude to the guy about it and he is just doing his job. He can get in a lot of trouble and even lose his job for not checking computer packages at the door. One of our LP guys is working this and a night job just so his son can go to a good school and get the education he needs. Instead of just bitching at the way they treated you why don't you stop for a minute and think about how you treated them and how that affected their jobs/lives.
nother thing that sucks is how they add up shipping costs on online orders.
bestbuy.com has had free shipping on orders and has since 2.0 came out in july.
yeah but that's if you do ground... 14-543254 days transit time heh..
oh and I have to say dotorg... you need to learn to chose your battles more wisely. This whole stupidity dosn't reflect well on your thinking ability
I agree with your actions. What right does best buy have to check your reciept? Once you purchase the items they become yours. I see no reason to further proove that they are yours. The clerk scans them places them in bags. You give them your money. That is the transaction. Do they by law have the right to search you belongings? If they think you stole something they should have called the police. Once the police get there let them see your reciept. Then Best Buy will be wasting the police officers time.
Fry's Electronics checks reciepts as well. I never show them mine.
Quit being such an attention whore and let the people do their job. Helping to prevent stolen merchandise keeps costs down and ultimately benefits you, the buyer.
I work at a retailer that helped to popularize the "door nazi" (and have even worked as a door nazi on a few occasions). People get caught stealing things ALL the time. Several times a week, in fact. More often than not, the door folks will discover overcharges and ultimately save you some money. Don't be such a jerk next time. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass, but its 10 seconds of your time. You will live.
Soo, why are you mad at Best Buy? Because you thought the rules of the store didn't apply to you, and you thought if you just kept walking they'd ignore you?
Personally I think they should have gotten the cops involved. Sure, you paid for the laptop, but since you were unwilling to prove that simply by providing your receipt...
quote:I have never seen a law that says that a store has the right to require you to deal with the door nazi. In fact, I have never seen a law that says the store has the legal right to search and detain any customer for shits and giggles. Stores with the door nazi are only allowed to get away with it because it's voluntary (except that they don't make you aware of this fact because it's their dirty little secret).
Quite frankly, I'm tired of being treated like a fucking criminal. It very much annoys me when old hags cluth their purses tight, or when I'm crossing a street, and I hear the all too familiar sound of doors locking coming from the cars I'm walking by. If I want to remind the door nazi that his power is just about 0 in this situation, and if he should decide to have the cops search me for shoplifting, I will sue their asses into oblivion for harassing me and because they had no probable cause to detain me for shoplifting, I think that's my goddamn right.
Becuase it's store policy. Best Buy has never hidden that, it's common in many big electronic and warehouse stores. If they have the policy, the customer has to adhere to it. No one in Best Buy Loss Prevention gives a flying fuck about the terrible(drama) ordeal you had trying to purchase an expensive item. They're just trying to do their job.
If I ever had some jackass politely decline me upholding my store's policy, I'd ploitely decline their request not to have my fist meet their face.
quote:How am I supposed to know about the policy before they check me? In every store I've been in with a door nazi, they never mention that this is their policy, and for a very good reason: they fear losing business. Of course when you have a policy and you don't make customers aware of it, it's less a policy and more a sugguested guideline. The store is not supposed to attempt to make a serious attempt at enforcing the door checker policy because the store can't claim you agreed to the policy because you're never made aware of it, nor are you given an opportunity to decline(assume this is your first visit to the store)
As far as I can tell, you have no obligation to stop for or furnish evidence to anyone. In Canada, the door nazi has the right (on behalf of the company) to make an arrest under s. 494 of the Criminal Code, but if they do so without any reasonable suspicion, as in, they're stopping everyone who walks past the door, then they don't have that right. An attempt to stop you could then be an assault, an attempt to remove lawfully purchased merchandise from you could then be a theft, an attempt to look for or take your reciept could then be an offence relating to documents, etc.
Store policy isn't the law. It has absolutely no force of law behind it. That is ridiculous.
Store policy should never trump my rights and the law. Now, you will argue, and rightly, that I can choose to not shop there. BB's policies are its perogatives, my shopping habits are my own, right?
But, at the same time, there is an imbalance of power here. If all stores thought this was a good idea, then my choice is eliminated. And we all know, as cynics, that the choice was illusory anyway; the actions of the aggrieved few do not pursuade chains to change policy when the overriding concern of the majority of shoppers is price.
The BB person at the door may be doing his job, but I as a citizen with certain rights must do MY job and try to protect those rights. If I don't, then who will?
Holy shit. I want to see the argument when the RIAA comes around and checks all of your computers for mp3s... and I want all of you who are saying "STFU and show them the reciept" to say "STFU and show them your mp3s". Every... fucking... one of you.
dotorg does not have to stop for the door nazi. There was no way that the guy at the door could have properly acertained that dotorg was shoplifting. And there was no reason for him to be accosted in the parking lot.
If Dotorg and a few others gave up their self-righteous indignation and tilting at windmills in general, where would the Lounge goers have fun?
I mean, between this and his battles with his school, the comedy never ends!
-Danger Mouse
And they'd politely ruin your life with an Assault charge. See how easy it is to find a job then.
WTG Maturity.
I think the apologists are missing this part:
They're just another brick in the wall eh?
And that's an excuse for commiting a crime how? That's right... detaining someone without legal authority or just cause is a crime. Doesn't matter who's property you're on.
Woo! It's time for the yearly "Receipt checks are evil/Receipt checks are good" thread!
Let's break out the ol' linky links, shall we?
The first says basically that the searches are voluntary and that unless the store has probable cause (which entails seeing you pick up an item, conceal it, and walk out with it (at which point, they can only accost you OUTSIDE of the store)), they can NOT force you to show your receipt.
The second link is a story very similar to dotorg's.
Hear! Hear! I'm all for not supporting any Rock group that complains about copying songs. Art is about the communication of ideas.
Also... Don't shop on the weekends. I don't. It's just to busy and you have to wait... Not good...
OK, this is the most asinine thing I've ever heard. Can we please just not think we're so fucking special that we can cut in front of everyone, and not show our reciept? If you didn't want to spend an hour buying the thing, then just leave after it takes too long.
It reminds me of those people who hop in the break-down lane then expect you to let them back in. Just take your place in line, and call me when your rights are REALLY being violated.
I work in retail, and unless you have all these steps bad things happen if you try to stop someone. Not the least of which (at least in EB) you're pretty much fired on the spot to keep the evil lawsuits away.
What the clerk above did broke the law. The receipt checks are voluntary, and searching your private property if you don't let them is illegal. You also have harassment. I'd have put the laptop down, taken out my cellphone, and called the cops. The clerk would have been fired in about a day after you filed charges.
Even when they're asking to look through goods that you own? Illegally?
fluxt, no,
THAT is the most asinine thing I've ever heard.
As has been repeatedly stated once you pay for the goods they legally become yours at the register. Searching through them is searching through private property, and IIRC that requires a warrant or your permission. Skipping the -optional- reciept showing line is what I've been doing since I was born and is just exercising what I'm legally allowed to do. Its not that I'm special, its that the store isn't special.
Hummm, ok, I've thought about it, and I'd like to get them fired for being retards. Why should dotorg care about how he treated them? He didn't start the mess, they had no right to do anything to him. he's got a physical handicap and he's been hassled in the store while he was trying to purchase the item and when he did purchase it they -assualted- him and possibly illegally detained him. You want to give them awards? You're acting just like a retarded best buy employee, but that's not surprising now, is it?
quote:No, they don't. I've worked in loss prevention, and if you force a customer to stop, especially after they have left the store, you can face a lawsuit. I know, i've seen it happen at Sears.
What does it matter? It's not like we're talking about racial profiling (they search everyone), it's not like we're talking about privacy (the store already knows what you bought), so what's the beef? Look at it this way: if Best Buy does not institute such a system, it is guaranteed to suffer a higher rate of loss, which will in turn mean they will be forced to raise prices. No one here is advocating shoplifting, so let's help them out in their efforts to keep their costs, and by extension their prices, down.
The point is they have absolutley no legal right to detain you unless they suspect you of shoplifting, and forcing you to stop or show them anything is illegal.
If you do not wish to comply, you do not have to, and they have no legal right to do so.
Being special has nothing to do with it, it all about going on your way, with your legally purchased goods at your own discrestion.
If they want to stop you when you don't wish to be, they better damn well put you under citizens arrest and detain you until police arrive to look into the matter. If they do not have enough suspicion to do that, they can't do anything.
They're inconvenient and illegal. That's what matters. They're wasting my time to do an illegal search.
Exactly. They waste everyone's time by illegally searching their bags. That's why it pisses us off so bad.
Apparently not, or they wouldn't have to search the bags and the receipt.
No it won't. All items above $10 or so are tagged. When you step through the gates the alarms go off. Grab those guys, because that's probably cause. The same thing with people going around the gates.
Except it doesn't help keep prices down, its illegal, and it wastes my time. It also says that they thank you for shopping there by ASSUMING you stole something. You have to prove them otherwise. So in Best Buy everyone is guilty until you can prove that you're innocent.
I'm not willing to listen to arguements about the convenience factor. It is a small hassle and it makes a lot of fucking sense for them to want to minimize their losses. As for the legality, I'll leave that for the lawyers. Sue them if you want, I think there are greater injustices in this world. Possibly.
Rarely is there a line at the exit of the store. This is simply a very busy time of year, and this was a weekend day on top of that. Going shopping this time of year, one should expect large waits.
I'm not sure what this means. The point is, you don't have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your open Best Buy bag.
Right. No one takes those things off either. It really is hard to take those off. So yes, it does result in a higher loss rate for them, if they don't check everyone's reciept, and the potential for loss in a store like Best Buy, with a large number of items that are both small, and high-ticket.
You have to see where the stores are coming from in this. People are assholes, and they will try to steal stuff, especially from a popular, busy, and high-ticket item store such as Best Buy. This cuts into Best Buy's bottom line, its a 100% loss. It results in either lower profits, or higher prices, or some combination of the two, and both of which are harmful to Best Buy's ability to do business.
Really? So you're willing to wait upwards of twenty minutes so some teenage can paw through your stuff? Is your time and rights really that meaningless to you?
Maybe you do. But I don't expect to have to wait to LEAVE the store. The fact that this is a busy time of year is just another reason this is bullshit. They're still stealing my time and breaking the law.
Yes I do. Its my bag. Can I come up to you and go through your wallet? Why not? Where's the line?
If you give someone on the sales floor time to open the shrinkwrap, take the tag off, steal a Best Buy bag or bring one in, and then leave with it. You have much bigger problems.
And after that you put in rolleyes. So you lose the argument.
What does?
Right. So you're saying that someone can reasonably go in, grab a ladder, unlock the cabinets, grab a laptop, put it in a Best Buy bag, and then walk out the door. With no questions? What EXACTLY can you catch at the door?
You're assuming that someone is a cat burglar, there's no one on the floor, and no one pays attention on the sales floor. But that ninja at the front gate will stop ya!
Basically, I doubt they catch anyone. And the people they catch would have been caught whether that guy at the door is searching through your stuff or not. So basically yeah, it serves no purpose, wastes your time, violates your rights, and breaks the law. Plus this teller followed him out of the store, and then kept him from getting in his car. That's harrassment. If he touched him, that's assault.
And yes, if it were me and this happened, I would have called the cops. In retail, a complaint is seen as shit against the store manager, not so much the door monkey. A police officer in the store and a formal complaint? People lose their jobs.
Again, its guiltly until proven innocent, which isn't how things are done in this country. Do I shop at Best Buy? Sometimes. Have I ever let them search me? Never.
Yes. Shoplifting does. This doesn't keep people from shoplifting. Again, do they really think that if someone was able to steal a key, then a ladder, then the laptop, then a bag, that somehow the door idiot will get them? That guy must be a ninja at that stage, and will most likely flip out and kill a bunch of people.
So then its okay to break the law?
quote:I see where the store is coming from, but I don't like that the door nazi gets in my face, and likes to present him/her self as being in a position of authority. Further, I really don't give a 2 schilling shit how the store feels about theft, or profits, etc. When I've had a shitty day, they don't care about it, they just want me in and out while spending as much money as possible, so given that we don't care about each other, why should I encourage them to continue practises of dubious legality, especially when they directly affect me in albeit small ways?
I love this thread
-Danger Mouse
I almost never show my receipt at the door, I'll only do it if there's no wait and I have not put my receipt away yet. my time is too valuable to spend it rumaging through my bag trying to find proof that I'm not a criminal.
quote:Only your rights aren't being violated and no laws are being broken by asking to see your receipt.
This behaviour strikes me as utterly assinine. By not showing the receipt, you cause a scene, waste even more of your time, get even more irritated, and end up going home with nothing! <font size=+2>A WINNAR IS YUO!</font>


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Contrary to prevailing thought, the Bears offensive tackle who represents the key to protecting Jay Cutler this season does not write poetry.
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Hurricane Al leads Miami to Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge Win
Greensboro, Ga. (April 30, 2013) – The Miami Hurricanes team of Al Golden and Gino Torretta held off a back-nine charge from South Carolina to win the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge by one stroke.
Miami's 11-under-par round was one better than the Steve Spurrier and Sterling Sharpe duo and just good enough to earn the victory in the 14-team field and take home the first-place scholarship prize of $125,000.
Team Miami finished the front nine with five straight birdies to make the turn at -8, one shot ahead of two-time-defending champion Georgia Tech and two shots clear of South Carolina.
The Hurricanes and Yellow Jackets played stroke-for-stroke on the back nine until Miami pulled ahead with birdies on 16 and 17. The Gamecocks went birdie-eagle-birdie over the final three holes to make a run at Miami, but fell just short when Al Golden holed a five-foot putt for par on 18.
"South Carolina and Georgia Tech are really good teams. We had a lot of fun down the stretch and Gino hit some big putts to keep us in it," Miami head coach Al Golden said. "We scrambled and got lucky down the stretch."
"Hitting that 30-footer for par on 15 and another big putt on 17 were huge. We didn't know they were so close on our heels until we finished 17," Gino Torretta said. "We just tried to stay within ourselves and we kept the ball in play. It just seemed to work today."
Final official results from the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge including scholarship winnings:
PLACE: TEAM SCORE: WINNINGS: 1 Miami (Al Golden, Gino Torretta) -11 $125,000 2 South Carolina (Steve Spurrier, Sterling Sharpe) -10 $65,000 3 (T) Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson, Jon Barry) -9 $50,000 3 (T) Clemson (Dabo Swinney, Steve Fuller) -9 $50,000 5 Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer, Dell Curry) -8 $35,000 6 Alabama (Nick Saban, Mark Ingram) -7 $25,000 7 Wake Forest (Jim Grobe, Riley Skinner) -6 $25,000 8 (T) Auburn (Guss Malzahn, Bo Jackson) -5 $21,667 8 (T) Miss. State (Dan Mullen, Fred McCrary) -5 $21,667 8 (T) Ole Miss (Hugh Freeze, Sean Tuohy) -5 $21,667 11 Ohio State (Urban Meyer, Jeff Logan) -4 $20,000 12 North Carolina (Larry Fedora, Roy Williams) -2 $15,000 13 NC State (Dave Doeren, Tom Gugliotta) -1 $15,000 14 Syracuse (Scott Shafer, Jim Boeheim) +2 $10,000
Skills Competitions (From Monday):
Long Drive (Coach Div.) Dave Doeren, NC State 292 yards $5,000 Long Drive (Celeb. Div.) Jon Barry, Georgia Tech 319 yards $5,000 (3rd straight win) Closest to the Pin (Coach Div.) Dabo Swinney, Clemson 9'5" $5,000 Closest to the Pin (Celeb Div.) Sean Tuohy, Ole Miss 3'2" $5,000
After the first nine holes, Miami (-8) led the defending champions from Georgia Tech (-7) by one stroke. Other contenders included South Carolina (-6), Virginia Tech (-5) and seven others tied at -4.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is the country's premier head coach and celebrity charity golf event featuring NCAA head coaches and former athletes and celebrities from the same school competing against their rivals for a share of a $520,000 scholarship purse.
In addition to the $520,000 scholarship purse, another $144,000 was generated for charitable organizations including Chick-fil-A's WinShape Homes foster care program. Over the last seven years, the event has contributed a total of $3.8 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Chick-fil-A Bowl college football's most charitable bowl game.
Past Champions:
Year: Team: Score: Margin: 2012 Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson / Jon Barry) -10 1 stroke 2011 Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson / Jon Barry) -11 3 strokes 2010 Florida State (Jimbo Fisher / Terrell Buckley) - 7 1 stroke 2009 South Carolina (Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe) -12 1 (Playoff) 2008 South Carolina (Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe) -12 5 strokes 2007 Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer / Dell Curry) -10 1 stroke


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We've talked a few months ago about a new technology helmet coming from Russia, the Livemap helmet. But in the mean time, several other companies have announced the design of these kind of high-tech helmets.
One of the latest is from California and is called Skully Helmets. Skully Helmets, like Livemap, is stuffed with technologies; Heads Up Display, GPS, 180° video camera, Bluetooth connection, etc. (but it's not limited to Skully; Nuviz, BikeHUD and even Reevu)
The technology used is what you will keep seeing, either integrated inside the helmet, or standalone like Google Glass. The idea is to provide essential information to the rider without overloading the biker.
Safety-wise it's a double edge sword; the technology allows the rider to receive important information, like telemetry data (speed, revs, temperature, etc), navigation instructions (GPS), road & traffic data and other information without their eyes leaving the road. It's safer since the rider can concentrate on the road and traffic.
But on the downside is the fact that there is more and more information given to the rider, with is not only a distraction but also an information overload. And furthermore, developers will not stop there. What about that important email from your boss? Shouldn't that be displayed as well? Or the latest stock prices?
It is one of the reasons that Google Glass has been forbidden to be used while driving almost everywhere in the world.
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If you ask Theresa Bass, she will tell you that East Linden Street was a mess.
�I lived here since I was 8 or 9 years old,� she said from the living room of her home on the historic street in Kennett Square. �As I got older and started working, I started seeing guys from other areas coming here and hanging around, trashing the neighborhood. I was thinking about selling (the house). No one seemed to care about the neighborhood.�
Others in the neighborhood were upset with the change, but nothing was being done. But through a bit of prodding from Joan Holliday, a visiting nurse who knew all the families in the neighborhood, Bass took steps to change the situation.
�She told me that complaining was not going to help, that I should go home and pray about it,� said Bass.
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She encouraged residents to attend meetings at the Bethel AME Church just a few doors up from her home. Not many showed up for that fall 2003 meeting, but she didn�t give up.
�I went door to door and for the next meeting practically everyone that owned a house showed up at the church.�
That was the start of the Historic East Linden Project (HELP), which she runs as president of the nonprofit organization, with the help of her mother, Ophelia Bass, and her daughter, LaToya Myers, as executive director.
The three will be receiving the Chester County Community Foundation�s Thanks for Caring Award during the West Chester-based organization�s annual Legacy Awards program on Nov. 5 at West Chester University.
According to a Chester County Community Foundation release, the award �spotlights neighborhood organizers who work at a grassroots level to promote local causes by giving time, talent and treasure, as well as recruiting others to the causes.�
East Linden Street is a treasure.
According to �East Linden Street: A History,� written by Mary Dugan and Ella Sestrich, many of the East Linden Street property owners were abolitionists and conductors on the Underground Railroad. Others were fugitive slaves or freed blacks.
HELP started off as an effort to restore East Linden Street to its historic significance. Through matching grants organization they were able to get funding for repairs to the homes, both inside and out.
�We held fundraisers to make sure that every homeowner had the (matching funds) to do (the repairs),� said Myers. �As long as they were willing to help.�
Once the repairs were made the group launched other initiatives, again with the help of grants.
The Study Buddies after-school program started off as a once-a-week tutoring program for elementary-school age children. It has now grown to three days a week. The group also started computer classes and a meals program providing dinner for children in the Study Buddies progam and a summer lunch program for youth 18 and under. The Study Buddies program serves about 25 children each day, reaching about 40 different children. The summer lunch program averages about 38, but there have been up to 55 youth on one day. The programs are open to any child in the Kennett school district.
They collect clothing and winter coats, hold an Angel Tree project with gifts to select for the children. The group works with the Kennett Square police on National Night Out and officers also tutor with the Study Buddies project. Myers added that they also work closely with Girl Scout troops, 4-H clubs and students from West Chester University.
The group holds regular neighborhood cleanups, an annual block party with health and community information and a backpack distribution. They also work with area camps to provide free or low-cost summer camp experiences and swimming lessons for the children, with the Church of the Advent providing transportation.
�We want to make sure that everyone can live well through financial and social support despite limited resources,� said Myers.
She believes that much of their success can be attributed to the fact that they live in the area they are helping. �People know that we can do it together, this is not done by outsiders,� she said. �It reduces barriers that way.�
Plans for the future include more grant writing for laptops for the Study Buddies children to take home, expanding the programs and getting their own building. (Bethel AME) has been amazing, but it is a church facility and we hope to get our own space,� said Myers.
They also hope to launch a formal neighbors-helping-neighbors program offering formal training to the leaders that are helping out with programs.
�There is still tons to do. There�s always someone who needs support,� she said.
�When abolitionists settled here, they were able to help slaves to their freedom,� said Myers. �There were extraordinary measures taken in this neighborhood and we want to make sure we are doing this now, extraordinary things getting done in a nontraditional way.�


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Beauty: Milani Amore Mattalics review
After the hyper matte liquid lipstick, there's a new trend in town that will probably invade your dreams, pinterest boards and makeup tables before long: metallics. I know, metallic makeup is a divisive subject. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase is probably something very late 80s-early 90s, frosty, or cheap looking kid's makeup. I get that. However, today's metallic lipstick is bomb AF and makes you look like Rihanna might actually consider hanging with you if you'd just keep your cool.
Just before we left for France, I got one of my obsessive moods and I suddenly realized that what my life needed was Milani Amore Mattalics. I mean, I'd seen people wearing Chromatic Addict on my social media for a while, and my kneejerk reaction had always been "hmm, why would anyone want metallic gold lips?? This trend is ridiculous" until it slowly turned into "OMG GIMME". I've said it time and time again, I'm not a trend setter, so I'm sending mental apologies to all the people who discovered the awesomeness of metallic lips before I did: you were right, I was wrong.
So when I realized I had a mattalics shaped hole in my heart, I started frantically googling until I found the last webshop delivering in Belgium who still had the shades I wanted in stock: Beauty88 (find Chromatic Addict here, and Matterialistic here), and magically, they arrived the very next day so I could still take them with me on holiday: WINNING
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Travel: Okinawa Mihama American Village
When I think back to our weeks in Japan, the moments that I was most happy were probably the times we spent in the Mihama American Village on Okinawa. I know, I can already hear you saying "girl, who goes to Japan to have the most fun in something called "the American Village???" but hear me out! Okinawa is this amazing mix of Japan, a distinct tropical island feel, its original Ryukyu culture, and the American influences because of the extensive US army presence. The American Village is a going out district that mixes up all of that exquisite diversity into something that is like the best possible, themepark-esque pastiche of vintage Americana, but with a distinctly Japanese twist.
Some people might hate how "manufactured" this place is, but in my eyes and experience, that kind of just makes it quintessentially Japanese. However, if your idea of the perfect Japan trip is more about bamboo forests and temples, this might not float your boat.
We went there three times, two times for dinner and one time for breakfast, and because the place is so incredibly photogenic I took lots of pictures. You could say that I saved the best (in my eyes) for last, so here is what will probably be my last post on our Japan trip. Enjoy!
Beauty: 2nd NYX haul review
Hi babes! I've just returned from our holiday in France (boohoo), and I've let the blog take the backburner for a bit because I am a firm believer of doing what feels right when it comes to my blog. When I feel like taking a bit of a break, I do so, and when I feel particularly passionate about posting, I post a bit more. After all, this isn't my day job, it's something I do because I love to do it. And now, after a two week semi-break, I feel like getting back into the swing of things with an extensive review of a bunch of NYX products I got in the (insanely amazing) goodiebag we got when attending the store opening in Ghent.
I know people are crazy about NYX launching in Belgium, and the clearest proof of this is that a lot of the most popular NYX items are constantly sold out in the store. However, NYX is keeping us up to date about restocks AND have promised us that a webshop is in the making, probably launching around early 2017, so fear not. Until then, here's an overview of a bunch of NYX products so you can figure out for yourself if the trip to Ghent is worth making!
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Travel: Araha beach sunset in lemon print swimsuit
Beauty: Auriga Flavo C via Newpharma review
Hi guys, as you know, I'm forever on the lookout for the perfect skincare regime to suit my dry, sensitive, rosacea skin. I got a free mini-consult with a dermatologist a while ago, and she told me that both the redness and the hyperpigmentation in my skin could be helped by a vitamin C heavy skincare routine. Afterwards I did some additional research, and apparently, vitamin C is supposed to help your skin's condition in five important ways:
- reduce sundamage (those darned hyperpigmentation spots)
- boost collagen production (great for firmness of skin)
- reduce inflammation (rosacea)
- fade scars by supporting the natural healing process of your skin
- boosts your skin's defense against UV exposure
(source: Paula's Choice)
Most vitamin C skincare products are definitely on the expensive side, which makes it less attractive to try out if something might work for you if you're not 100% convinced. However, Belgium has a secret weapon: Auriga, an affordable Belgian skincare brand that brings the newest scientific developments in dermatology. I bought some products for myself, and then I was contacted by NewPharma (an online pharmacy) with the offer to pick some items frrom their webshop, so I ended up with a nice range of Auriga products to try out: the Flavo-C tonic (€12,70), cream (€29,7), flash serum (€29 for two bottles) and mask (€29,9).
I tried the products for a month, because it takes about a month before your skin has renewed. Let's see what these did for me.
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Sinbad to perform in Greensboro in April
Sinbad to perform in Greensboro in April
Sinbad is making a stop in Greensboro this spring.
The comedian will perform April 6 at the War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum officials announced Tuesday.
Comedy Central named him one of the top 100 standup comedians of all time. His more famous roles include the movie "Jingle All The Way," NBC's "A Different World" and "The Sinbad Show."
Most recently Sinbad has been on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Celebrity Apprentice."
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, by phone and at the coliseum box office.


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Rookie Martin Maldonado hit a grand slam and the Milwaukee Brewers used 10 newcomers in beating the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Maldonado connected against Anthony Bass (2-8) in the fourth inning for his first career slam and eighth home run of the year. The backup catcher was in a 1-for-16 slump since Sept. 10 when he delivered.
Jim Henderson (1-2) pitched a perfect seventh inning. John Axford worked the ninth for his 35th save in 44 chances, getting Logan Forsythe to ground out with a runner on the third to end it.
The Brewers started right-hander Tyler Thornburg and fellow rookies Norichika Aoki, Logan Schafer, Maldonado, Taylor Green, Jean Segura, Jeff Bianchi and Maldonado. Rookie Eric Farris pinch-hit and rookies Brandon Kintzler and Henderson pitched in relief.
The Padres started Bass, who has been pitching in relief since returning from a shoulder injury in early September. He was limited to 60 pitches, and allowed only one hit and one walk in the first two innings, but ran into trouble as his pitch count climbed in the third.
With one out in a scoreless game, Aoki singled and stole second. Schafer struck out but Bass then issued consecutive walks to Ryan Braun and Travis Ishikawa.
Pitching coach Darren Balsley visited the mound, but Bass stayed in the game and Maldonado hit the right-hander's 56th pitch into the left-field bleachers to give Milwaukee a 4-0 lead.
Will Venable's RBI single scored Chase Headley in the fourth to pull San Diego within 4-1.
The Padres scored twice off reliever Manny Parra in the sixth to make it 4-3. Headley singled, moved to second on Yonder Alonso's walk and scored on pitch-hitter Jesus Guzman's single. Venable was hit by a pitch to load the bases, chasing Parra.
Pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal's infield single off Brandon Loe scored Guzman to make it 4-3. Loe struck out pinch-hitter Carlos Quentin to leave the bases loaded.
The Brewers loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but reliever Brad Boxberger got Logan Schafer to pop out and Braun to strike out to end the threat.
Notes: Headley was named the NL Player of the Month for September. He won the award in August too. ... Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said before the game that the entire coaching staff would return in 2013. ... Roenicke said most of the starters likely would play in the season finale on Wednesday.


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Winners eligible for regional championships, college scholarships
RUSSELL — The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with Forrest L. Wood (FLW) Outdoors, will host the Student Angler Federation Kansas High School Fishing State Championship June 30 at Wilson Reservoir, near Russell. The state championship is a two-person team event for students in grades 9-12. The winning two-person team from each state championship will advance to an FLW Outdoors/TBF High School Fishing Regional Championship held in conjunction with a National Guard FLW College Fishing Regional Championship hosted on a college campus this fall.
Registration for high school anglers and their coaches, who will provide the boat they compete in, is available online at HighSchoolFishing.org, by phoning 580-765-9031, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.
Mandatory check-in begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 29, in the TBF tournament trailer at Wilson State Park's Hell Creek Area boat ramp, with a mandatory rules briefing at 8 p.m. Teams are encouraged to preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late-registration fees.
Students and parents can go to HighSchoolFishing.org for details on the Student Angler Federation (SAF) and to sign up. Cost is $25 and includes a one-year SAF membership and full TBF and FLW Outdoors benefits, including access to FLW Outdoors Magazine e-Edition and insurance coverage for students and their club. The fee covers all SAF sanctioned events all year.
Each team that qualifies for a regional and/or national championship will receive a travel allowance to help offset expenses. The High School Fishing National Championship winners will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to use at the university of their choice.
An SAF-sanctioned event also includes an "angler testing" component. Anglers can take a free online test at HighSchoolFishing.org about boater safety, conservation, and angler ethics, which makes them eligible for contingency awards at their state championship.
For more information, email The Bass Federation at email@example.com, phone 580-765-9031, or go online to www.highschoolfishing.org.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico officials reviewed and processed thousands of requests in 2012 for tax credits and other funding aimed at boosting renewable energy development in the state.
The growth over the past year included 50 new megawatts of wind power and four times the amount of solar-generated power than what was available in 2011, according to the latest annual report from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.
State officials said there's now 152 megawatts of solar power operating in New Mexico. That includes new arrays brought online by the state's largest electric provider, Public Service Company of New Mexico, and thousands of new residential photovoltaic units.
New Mexico's not alone in its interest in solar. Nationally, in the third quarter alone, the photovoltaic market saw 44 percent growth over the same period in 2011, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
New Mexico continues to rank sixth in the nation for installed solar electric capacity, according to the association.
Officials at the state energy and minerals agency said they received more than a dozen applications for the renewable energy production tax credit over a 12-month period through October 2012. The agency awarded nine certificates for solar generators and one for a wind farm.
The tax credit has been maxed out, but those credits issued to older generators will start to be retired in 2013. That means those funds will be available again for newer projects.
The agency also processed more than 2,200 tax credit applications aimed at making residential solar systems more affordable and for encouraging sustainable building practices.
Those figures marked increases for both the solar market development tax credit and the sustainable building tax credit.
A total of 28 applications — 10 more than in 2011 — also were submitted and processed for geothermal credits. State officials said most of that activity took place in Dona Ana County.
The energy and minerals agency also managed more than 150 clean energy projects stemming from federal stimulus spending. State officials said ongoing assessments show the resulting upgrades at schools and other state, tribal and municipal buildings have saved an estimated $2 million in annual utility spending.


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Devraj is a quick learner; he's creative, enthusiastic and has strong leadership skills which will make him an asset in the marketing department.
Menomonie, Wisconsin (PRWEB) February 27, 2013
Vets Plus, Inc. has expanded Devraj Raval's role to include marketing projects. He will maintain his position as Research Associate and assume additional responsibilities in the company's growing marketing department.
As Research Associate, Raval is constantly monitoring market trends and focusing his efforts on new product development. Now, he will also be coordinating with the field sales staff for tradeshows and sample programs, launching a social media campaign and creating print advertisements. "Devraj is a quick learner; he's creative, enthusiastic and has strong leadership skills which will make him an asset in the marketing department," said Steve Vale, VP Sales and Marketing at Vets Plus. Raval will also be involved with developing and implementing the company's strategic marketing plan.
With a background in chemical engineering, Raval has been working with Vets Plus in a research capacity for nearly two years. He said, "The company has helped me to grow professionally, and I look forward to the new challenges of marketing." He will begin taking on marketing projects immediately.
Raval is currently enrolled in the MBA program with an emphasis in International Business at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
About Vets Plus, Inc.
Vets Plus, Inc. (VPI), located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of animal health and nutrition products, including Probios®, Replamin®, Swine Prefer®, Pets Prefer®, Goats Prefer® and Horses Prefer® product lines.
Founded in 1990 by entrepreneur Raj Lall, VPI began manufacturing and distributing animal health and nutrition products. By 2002, VPI had formed a strategic marketing and manufacturing alliance with Chr. Hansen in Denmark, thus earning the license to market and manufacture the Probios® line of products. From 2005-10, VPI, was known as BOMAC Vets Plus, Inc., after a partnership agreement was reached with Bomac of New Zealand. During that time, the company also formed a strategic marketing and manufacturing alliance with Albion Animal Health on Replamin® and Pull Thru® brand products (2008). Following the acquisition of BOMAC New Zealand by Bayer (Germany) in late 2010, the company has successfully transitioned back to Vets Plus, Inc., and now boasts over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing / warehouse / office space. VPI is proud of its continued growth into a leader within the animal health industry and ability to manufacture more than 350 products, while maintaining ISO-9001:2008 and NASC certifications, and remaining cGMP and AFFCO compliant. VPI is also a member of the American Pet Products Association (APPA).


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Portman balks at bill: Portman, Brown split vote on transportation bill
Ohio's two U.S. senators agree Ohio's and the nation's highway system needs major repairs and upgrades, but they split their vote on a two-year, $109 billion federal transportation bill which passed the Senate on Wednesday.
Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman supported the bill's aim, but he balked at increasing the national deficit to fund the infrastructure improvements bill. He was one of 22 senators to vote against the bill.
"Of concern to me is that frankly at a time of unprecedented debt and these more than $1 trillion deficits, Congress passed this legislation and broke the rules with regard to spending restraints," Portman said Thursday in a media teleconference in regard to the "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act." "With the budget control act that was passed last August, Congress agreed to put in place certain caps on spending, and unfortunately in regard to this piece of legislation the United States Senate decided to not stay in compliance with the budget rules we just set last year."
He said he hopes the bill can and expects the bill to be changed by the U.S. House of Representatives to bring the bill in compliance with 2011 budget rules.
He also noted amendments he made would be passed to enable the federal government to put more money toward roads and bridges in Ohio, but they did not garner enough votes.
Portman favored a provision to authorize the Department of Energy to transfer up to $150 million from its budget to cover research and development costs for the American Centrifuge project in Piketon.
"We also are trying to get a loan guarantee from the federal government and we continue to believe the loan guarantee should be improved," Portman said. "The project application has now been in for three years and that is more than ample time to figure out how to get the loan guarantee for this important national security and energy security project.
"In the meantime, we have to make sure the technology continues to be developed in ways that we can keep employees at the site," he said. "The Department of Energy has indicated they are willing for us to have a short term R&D, research and development, program."
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, who was one of 73 senators to vote in favor of the bill, said Ohio would lose an estimated $1.4 billion and approximately 50,000 Ohio jobs would be in jeopardy if the Senate version of the bill does not pass.
"Investments in road construction projects and bridge repairs put Ohioans back to work while promoting economic growth," Brown said. "When companies decide where to locate, expand and invest, transportation infrastructure is a critical factor in the decision. That's why it's so important that the House passes this bipartisan bill."
Brown warned House members to pass the bill and not to move forward with their proposal which would provide $94 million less for highways in Ohio. The House bill would also put in jeopardy $160 million in funds for Ohio transit agencies, a policy put in place during President Ronald Reagan's administration.
As part of the federal transportation bill, Brown was able to gain passage of his "Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act," which he first introduced in 2007. The bill's aim is to reduce the number of tour bus crashes and related fatalities and injuries.
The amendment would increase and expand safety requirements for motorcoach drivers and motorcoach companies.
The U.S. legislator first introduced the bill following the fatal tour bus crash carrying 33 Bluffton University baseball players. Seven people died in the crash, including five players.


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Students receive travel industry scholarshipsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Oct 11, 2011
Twenty-seven students studying at the UH Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM) received scholarships totaling $52,000 from the Edwin M. Hastings Memorial Scholarship Fund established in 2009. The merit-based scholarships support TIM students who are Hawai'i residents with a preference to those who graduated from local high schools. The awardees include qualified undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom are from the Academies of Hospitality and Tourism in local high schools.
Born in Brooklyn, the late Edwin "Ed" Hastings spent his entire career in the tourism industry, which began in New York with World Cruises. When Conrad Hilton purchased the famous Waldorf Astoria, he promoted Hastings to general manager. In 1955, Hastings moved to Hawai'i to manage Matson's hotels, but returned to New York to rejoin Conrad Hilton when the Matson properties were sold to Sheraton in 1959. Eventually, Hastings returned to Hawai'i to manage the Hilton Hawaiian Village and then the regional operations of Hilton Hotels in the Pacific and the Far East. He supervised the Hilton Hotel openings in Kona and Maui and was instrumental in developing the Japanese market by making frequent visits to Japan to establish business relationships.
Hastings was honored posthumously as a travel industry pioneer at the TIM School's annual Celebrate a Legacy in Tourism Banquet in 2007 and inducted into the charter class of the Hawai'i Hospitality Hall of Fame. Said Dean Juanita Liu, "This generous support for our hard-working students during these economic times is very much appreciated. It reaffirms the commitment from our community and the industry in supporting our efforts to prepare future professionals for the State's largest industry. We are truly grateful for the foresight and generosity of the Hastings family and their continued support of our students."
Total scholarships and awards to TIM students now exceed $160,000 for the 2011-12 academic year. Receiving this year's Edwin M. Hastings Memorial Scholarships are Kimberly Agonoy, Jose Aviles, Florante Baptista, Florelei Baris, Marla Ben-Dor, Chelsey-Mei Borge, Sierra Borge, Mary Duldulao, Elizabeth Eguchi, Kasey Kam, Katrina Konsolas, Micah Leiato, Ashley Lum, Christina Ly, Cara Nonaka, Jacqueline O'Farrell, Jonathan O'Neil, Kristina Ornellas, Jaimy Paulino, Scott Pirscher, Celina Quach, Dulce Ramos, Brandon Shiira, Angela Wong, Maria Yamashita, Ying Yan Yan and Catherine Yasuhara. The Edwin M. Hastings Trust is administered by Bank of Hawai'i, trustee.


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Shannon Risk helps Helen Hunt sort through her family tree on "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt never met her paternal grandmother and thus didn't know much about her ancestral history on that side of her family. To trace her family tree, she needed a historian.
Enter Dr. Shannon Risk, an assistant professor of history at Niagara University.
Oh, and NBC, too.
Hunt's investigation into her family history takes place during an episode of NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?," airing at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23. Risk appears in the episode, for which a trailer can be viewed below:
With Risk's help, Hunt learns that her great-great-grandfather was a Jewish immigrant involved in the launching of Wells Fargo. As she continues her search, Hunt also discovers that her great-great-grandmother was instrumental in the fight for women's voting rights.
Risk was chosen for the show based on a May 2009 dissertation that she authored while pursuing her doctorate from the University of Maine. The thesis studied 19th century woman suffrage movements in Maine and New Brunswick.
"Imagine someone actually reading my dissertation," Risk joked.
She and Hunt, who Risk described as "friendly and engaging," filmed together for about three hours in November 2011.
"I was very nervous about filming, about being the so-called expert," admitted the native of Independence, Iowa. "The production team was incredibly hospitable and put me right at ease. Also, we filmed at the Maine Historical Society, and I am very familiar with the staff members who work there since I had worked with them during my graduate career."
"Who Do You Think You Are?" follows some of today's most iconic celebrities as they embark on personal journeys into their family histories. Previous episodes have profiled former NFL star Jerome Bettis, singer Reba McEntire and actresses Ashley Judd and Gwyneth Paltrow
"(Helen and I) talked about the uniqueness of the show, how it's a very personal journey for each person who delves into their family history," Risk said. "It was nice for me to be a part of Helen's journey of discovery."
A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Risk holds a master's degree and Ph.D. in American history from the University of Maine. She is also a former Fulbright scholar and has published two books.


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Checking a Knowledge-Based System for Consistency and Completeness
We describe a computer program that implements an algorithm to verify the consistency and completeness of knowledge bases built for the Lockheed expert system (LES) shell. The algorithms described here are not specific to this particular shell and can be applied to many rule-based systems. The computer program, which we call CHECK, combines logical principles as well as specific information about the knowledge representation formalism of LES. The program checks both goal-driven and data-driven rules. CHECK identifies inconsistencies in the knowledge base by looking for redundant rules, conflicting rules, subsumed rules, unnecessary IF conditions, and circular rule chains. Checking for completeness is done by looking for unreferenced attribute values, illegal attribute values, dead-end IF conditions, dead-end goals and unreachable conclusions. These conditions can be used to suggest missing rules and gaps in the knowledge base. The program also generates a chart that shows the dependencies among the rules. CHECK can help the knowledge engineer detect many programming errors even before the knowledge base testing phase. It also helps detect gaps in the knowledge base testing phase. It also helps detect gaps in the knowledge base that the knowledge engineer and the expert have overlooked. A wide variety of knowledge bases have been analyzed using CHECK.
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Thread: Anybody going to San Diego?
09-14-2009, 11:58 AM #1Newbie
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Anybody going to San Diego?
My bro and I will be filling up on fish tacos in Ocean Beach on after we land in SD Saturday noon and will be in Sec V13 on gameday. Any place where folks will be congregating on Sat or Sun?
09-15-2009, 05:42 PM #2On The Practice Squad
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Re: Anybody going to San Diego?
My brother and I are going. Sitting in LV57. Leaving on Thursday. Not sure what we are doing gameday. May just hit the lots and see whats up.
09-15-2009, 11:45 PM #3Newbie
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Re: Anybody going to San Diego?
I have a group of 20+ Ravens fans and 1 Charger fan going to "Altitude" for a Ravens Rally on Saturday at 6 p.m. We are trying to grow this as big as possible, and we need some help. It's a very cool bar that overlooks Petco Park in the Gaslamp district.
It gets a little pricey after happy hour ends, but we plan on hopping around once happy hour ends anyway. There is no better feeling then to go into somebody else city and take it over! Tennessee last year was awesome for that.
Altitude is located at 660 K St. in downtown San Diego. For more info, visit Altitude's website: http://www.altitudeskylounge.com/enter
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09-17-2009, 08:06 PM #4Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Anybody going to San Diego?
The Altitude bat is a bit pricey- and there i sno happy hour- but maybe we'll check it out... who knows. I'd prefer a more down to earth place to party on saturday.
As for sunday- ill be in the tailgate zone section A2 with a beer pong and baggo set up and reday for any ravens fans to play along. Im also in plaza60 during the game. Hit me up. Tailgating youll find a bunch of us!"Sorry officer, nothing wrong here. I'm just watching the Ravens game!"


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Governor Jindal Signs Juvenile Justice Reform Legislation
BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation that will allow for the proactive treatment of youth—termed "crossover youth"—who are involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The bill is part of the Governor's 2013 Legislative Package.
SB 107—authored by Senator Rick Ward—will enhance treatment of at-risk in Louisiana by creating a structural outline for a transition to an integrated case management system for "crossover youth."
Governor Jindal said, "Our children are our most valuable resource, and we should be doing everything in our power to provide them with the care and attention they need to grow up and have a positive impact on society. By improving treatment methods and building on previous reforms, we can ensure that we're providing our kids with the tools they need to be successful both now and in the future."
An integrated case management system will build on the Coordinated System of Care (CSOC) created in 2011 for youth with severe mental illness by completing the continuum of care for non-secure, secure and child welfare populations.
The new system for at-risk youth will improve outcomes, reduce costs and focus on proactive instead of reactive intervention.